Tyler Hansen completed 28-of-49 pass attempts for a school-record 474 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Paul Richardson had two touchdown catches and a CU single-game record 282 yards receiving

Of course, the only record that really matters is 0-2.

The Buffs' 36-33 overtime loss to Cal on Saturday at Folsom Field was as excruciating as CU's 34-17 loss at Hawaii in the opener was disappointing.

"I'd rather have the win. I'd be OK with throwing for 20 yards and getting the W," Hansen said. "It feels good to get the passing game going. We've got to get the running game going though."

CU had the running game going in crunch time. And then it didn't.

Rodney Stewart's scamper to the 5-yard line on the final drive of regulation was wiped out by a holding call. Instead of seizing the lead in the final minutes, the Buffs settled for a game-tying field goal.

On the first two plays of overtime, Stewart gutted the Bears for runs of 9 and 11 yards. But on first-and-goal Speedy was stopped for no gain and on second down he was thrown for 1-yard loss.

On third down, all 49,532 paying customers knew Hansen was going to throw the ball to Richardson in the end zone. So did Cal cornerback Steve Williams, who broke up the pass.

CU went ahead 33-30 on another Will Oliver field goal, but the Bears answered with a touchdown to steal the unique non-conference Pac-12 road win.

"I ran a slant and when I broke out and initially beat (Williams), he grabbed me. He tipped the ball, so the play is dead," Richardson said. "If the ball gets through) it's a touchdown. Colorado wins. But that's what football is about, those last few plays."

Cal had the Buffs on the ropes late in the third quarter when a 20-yard touchdown pass from Zach Maynard to Anthony Miller gave the visitors a 23-13 lead.

A personal foul penalty on the Bears kept CU's next drive alive, and Hansen hit Richardson in stride for a 66-yard touchdown on third-and-6 to cut the deficit to three points. About 60 of those yards were provided by the blur wearing No. 6 after the catch.

"That's P-Rich," CU linebacker Doug Rippy said. "He's very consistent. He does that stuff in practice and usually what you do in practice is what you do in the game. That's Paul Richardson."

Hansen and Richardson hooked up for two touchdowns in the third quarter at Hawaii to slice a 17-0 deficit to 24-17. Then the offensive line faltered in a scoreless fourth quarter.

This time, despite key injuries at both tackle positions, the line gave Hansen enough time -- and it doesn't take much -- to make plays down the stretch. Richardson's 78-yard touchdown reception gave the Buffs a 27-23 lead with 14:48 remaining.

"Tyler put the ball on the money, and the line gave us time. I appreciate when it happens," Richardson said. "When I break on a route and see him throwing the ball, and we have enough time, I expect us, all of the receivers, to catch the ball."

Hansen said Cal's safeties were playing up and aggressive to stop the run game. Richardson said the cornerbacks he was consistently beating started to give him more of a cushion in the second half.

That led to the record-setting day for CU's quarterback and his go-to-guy.

"The stuff they were doing was easy stuff to kind of pick apart," Hansen said. "(Richardson) has this kind of look to him during a game or practice where you just know he's in a zone and you have to get him the ball. He had that look again today. He's a special player."

Stewart added 86 yards receiving after leading the Buffs with 98 yards receiving in the opener. Tight end Ryan Deehan added three receptions for 53 yards, including a 37-yard touchdown grab in the third quarter. By the end of the game, nine different CU players contributed to Hansen's day with at least one catch.

It only felt like Richardson caught all of Hansen's passes.

"We started looking like an offense. We started looking like a team that kind of knew what they were doing, where to go with the football. That's the Tyler Hansen I expected to see last week," CU head coach Jon Embree said. "Paul Richardson is a star in the making and we're seeing it."

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